Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Hours after the Varanasi District Court allowed Hindus to worship at the Vyas Cellar inside the Gyanvapi structure, worship of Hindu idols in the basement was done on Thursday

He further said that the Intezamia Masjid Committee will appeal in the Allahabad High Court against this decision.

When ASI removed debris in cellars at the Gyanvapi structure, they recovered a large number of items related to the pre-existing Hindu temple

Security measures have been beefed up outside the Gyanvapi mosque, a day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report revealed there "existed a large Hindu temple prior to the construction of the existing structure".

Advocate Hari Shankar Jain asserted that ASI report clearly stated that a temple "existed" at the site of Gyanvapi mosque and urged the government to declare it a "national monument."

":Minute study of the pillars and pilasters in corridor suggest that they were originally part of the pre-existing Hindu temple,” ASI report on Gyanvapi

Supreme Court allowed the cleaning of the 'wazukhana' inside the disputed Gyanvapi mosque where the ‘Shivling’ was found on May 16, 2022, during a court-mandated survey.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor on 13th December 2021, and since then, the number of devotees of Mahadev has increased manifold.

Organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the distinguished guests will bear witness to the lighting of earthen lamps on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima, alongside the mesmerising Ganga Arti and Dev Deepavali festivities at Kashi.

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain recalled how helpless he felt when up to 50,000–60,000 Muslims, protesting the court-ordered video survey of the disputed structure in May 2022, surrounded his car